>From inside the trunk with the gas tank panel removed, take a flashlight and
>look in the upper corners to check the condition of the top edges of the rear
>fenders.
Also get it up on jack stands/lift and look at the rear trailing arm mounts for
weakness. How about the top edge of the front inner fenders? Any noise from
the tranny or rear end? Significant expense and hassle for either of those.
If more than one of the above issues is present, I would look at <$6000,
approaching $5000.
Andy
CD6521L
Oh yeah, make sure the engine number is a TR250 number, too.
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Davey [SMTP:rgdavey@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 12:16 PM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: TR250 with 54,000 miles FS
I have been chasing a nice TR250 in my neighborhood
for over 10 years now. Typical proud owner has been
reluctant to sell, until recently. I have been
steadily increasing my offers over the past few
months. Finally he has agreed to a price where he
will sell it and of course I think it is a little high
considering some problems I discovered. As I have
been only playing with Healeys and the seller is
stubborn I thought I could ask the list for some ideas
of a fair price.
The good points on the car are the low mileage (54k),
the original top and interior are still nice except
the drivers carpet is gone. Beautiful paint still on
the tops of the floors and trunk. Since the car was
always parked in the corner of the garage I never
looked any closer for rust. . .until a few days ago
when I got my first test drive. I already knew it had
some bubbling on the doglegs and tops of rear fenders,
but was shocked to find that the right front fender
was seperated from the inner rocker and many larege
chunks of rust fell out! The owner was also suprised
and told me the car had come from Indiana where over
half of the miles were put on. He told me to take my
time and figure out what I think is a fair offer.
Any opinions about the expense and difficulty of
replacing the inner rocker would be helpful as well as
guidance regarding a fair price to offer. This is a
car I really want to buy and am not looking to steal
it, as I have already offered 7k and the car
additionally needs tires, brakes and the usual sorting
out from sitting.
Thanks to all who can help.
Bob
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